The strike came after a weekend of repeated Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel.
By United with Israel Staff
Explosions rocked Beirut’s Dahiyah district on Sunday afternoon as Israel struck Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese capital, marking the clearest implementation yet of Jerusalem’s newly announced policy of responding to attacks from Lebanon with strikes in Beirut.
The operation followed several days of Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israel, including repeated aerial infiltrations that triggered sirens across northern communities and sent residents to shelters.
According to Israeli reports, Israel provided advance notice to the United States through military channels before carrying out the strike.
In a joint statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the attack was carried out in direct response to Hezbollah fire toward Israeli territory.
“Under the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the IDF has struck Hezbollah terror targets in Beirut’s Dahiyah district in response to Hezbollah fire toward Israeli territory,” the statement said. “Israel will not tolerate attacks on its territory.”
The strike came after a weekend of repeated Hezbollah attacks. On Sunday, multiple drones infiltrated Israeli airspace from Lebanon, triggering alerts across northern Israel. The IDF later confirmed that several aerial targets crossed into Israeli territory and fell near the border. No injuries were reported.
The incidents followed rocket fire toward Metula and additional drone launches, adding to what Israeli officials describe as a growing pattern of Hezbollah ceasefire violations.
Shortly after the attack, the IDF announced that it had conducted a precise strike on a Hezbollah command center in Beirut.
According to the military, the facility was being used by Hezbollah operatives to coordinate attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon.
“The command center that was struck was used by Hezbollah terrorists to advance terror activities against the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon,” the military said.
Initial Lebanese reports indicated that at least one person was killed in the strike.
The attack comes just days after Israel’s security cabinet reportedly approved a new policy authorizing immediate strikes in Beirut for launches from Lebanon that cross into Israeli territory. The measure was intended to strengthen deterrence and reinforce what Israeli officials have described as the “Dahiyah equation.”
Sunday’s operation appears to be the first major test of that policy.
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